An interesting result is that the rate of species description has accelerated, with the largest numbers of new species per year in the past ~20 years. We're currently experiencing an age of discovery for Earth's biodiversity & the role of natural history museum collections couldn't be more important

Are you excited about pangenomics? If so, join us in Edinburgh on 8-9th June to discuss the latest methods & insights from using these approaches across biodiversity! More details here: royalsociety.org/science-even... Organised together with @henrylnorth.bsky.social & @joanameier.bsky.social!

The first of many exciting Erebia genomes associated with ERGA-CH 🦋🧬 Stay tuned !! @ergabiodiv.bsky.social

Are you interested in biodiversity genomics? Fantastic opportunity to join us as a Group Leader at the Tree of Life Programme, @sangerinstitute.bsky.social. 👇 sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/Wellco...

Does obligate asexuality necessarily lead to genomic decay? We found that ancient asexual lineages of oribatid mites have static genomes, frozen in time, whereas genomes of sexual lineages seem to be expanding.

please share this postdoc job alert! come join the budding Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative as a postdoc or senior postdoc at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social working closely with @arnausebe.bsky.social and me to make progress on what we cover in this paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Biology26, Switzerland’s largest conference on organismal biology—held on Darwin’s birthday to celebrate the past, present, and future of biological research! biology26.ch Deadline for registration and abstract submission - Dec. 5th

Species sequenced by Project Psyche also contribute to the aims of other projects including ERGA and EBP www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

(1/5)Thrilled to announce our paper on #ProjectPsyche is out! 🦋We describe how we’ve generated 1000+ high-quality genomes for European Lepidoptera, providing an unprecedented resource for biodiversity, conservation, and evolutionary research. #Genomics #Biodiversity www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

I feel so grateful to be involved in such an amazing, collaborative and ground breaking project! Really looking forward to what Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social will continue to achieve in the future 🦋🧬

We're hiring! A Post-doctoral fellow in Eco-evolutionary shifts in bumblebee communities. You will be working within @beccsweden.bsky.social w/ Professor Bengt Hansson at The Department of Biology. 👉https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:867222/ Please apply no later than 19 December!

Do you use genomic data to study Lepidoptera in Europe? Do you want to visit a lab to learn a new skill or build a new collaboration? If so, you should apply for a short term scientific mission! These are small grants to fund research exchanges as part of our Lep10K COST action. All info below!

Happy to share Jialin's first publication. She did a great job exploring the transition to land in animals. Co-supervised by the great Jordi Paps and me and in collaboration with Davide Pisani and @phil-donoghue.bsky.social

Brasó-Vives et al. publish a new Perspective in GBE, highlighting underexplored dimensions of genomic variation that contribute to phenotypic diversity beyond the DNA sequence, contributing to our understanding of genome evolution. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf204 #genome #evolution

1/ Ever needed to annotate TEs in a fungal genome, but didn't know where to start? We have released #MycoMobilome, a community-focused non-redundant database of transposable element consensus sequences for the fungal kingdom, constructed from >4,000 fungal genomes! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I am very excited to present you our work, which will also be very soon on biorxiv!! ✨️

Hospodářská, @petrnguyen.bsky.social et al. investigated genome size and karyotype in Polyommatus and Lysandra butterflies, rejecting polyploidy to confirm karyotypic diversification via chromosome fragmentation in Polyommatinae butterflies. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf157 #genome #evolution

Preprint Alert! 🦥 We produced complete genomes for 2 Xenarthra and placed them in a mammalian comparative framework. We found that Xenarthra harbour the largest number of retrocopies in mammals! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

To celebrate the genomes for 1,000 (!) species of Lepidoptera in Europe, Project Psyche has released a preprint outlining our ambitions to jointly sequence & leverage genomes of all 11,000 species in Europe to propel science, conservation & society. This was a joy to write together as a community!

PhD opportunity in Bodø! You’ll sequence genomes from invasive and non-invasive slug (A. vulgaris) populations to uncover the molecular basis of invasion dynamics. Supervised by Prof. Les Noble & co-supervisor by me. Fully funded, cutting-edge science, great team. Apply by Sept 21: shorturl.at/zJT06

Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... ), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants

(1/6) 🦋 We are thrilled to announce the release of the 1,000th reference genome of Lepidoptera species found in Europe! This goal was reached with the release of Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume moth. Read the story below!👇🏽

How many chromosomes can an animal have? In our paper out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social we show that the Atlas blue butterfly has 229 chromosome pairs- the highest in diploid Metazoa! These arose by rapid autosome fragmentation while sex chromosomes stayed intact. www.cell.com/current-biol...

🌍 As climate change reshapes ecosystems, #genomics helps science understand how species might adapt. Hear how @biogeneurope.bsky.social projects are tackling these biodiversity challenges at the Genomics for Biodiversity Conference (online | free) 👇 www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic...

Learnt loads working on this review together with incredible 🌿 biologists! We discuss the role of chromosomal rearrangements in population div. & speciation & attempt to bridge the gap between macro- and microevolutionary processes. www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...

Genomes of brown algae with different sex determination systems show that U/V sex chromosomes evolved 450–224 million years ago and show remarkable conservation of genes within the sex-determining region, despite independent expansions of the sex locus in each lineage www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Hey Bsky, I’m Luís, a 🇵🇹 disease ecologist in Vancouver 🇨🇦 I study the drama between hosts 🪱🦟 and parasites 🦠 - who wins, who loses, and which cards get played - and why it matters for evolution & health. Always up for collabs, chats & making science fairer ✨ Say hi 👉 luis-m-silva.com #AcademicSky

New PhD position: Butterfly Conservation Genomics 🦋 The project focuses on threatened butterflies in Czech dry grasslands and steppes. Deadline: September 12, 2025 More info: pavelmatos.wordpress.com/join-us/

FANTASIA's paper is finally out! Check it out if you're interested in alternative methods to homology for functional annotation in nonmodel organisms 🦐🐙🪱🧬🐝🪲 @gemmaeling.bsky.social @amrojasm.bsky.social @ibe-barcelona.bsky.social @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social @csic.es www.nature.com/articles/s42...

🆕 ✨ New publication out: Chromosomal Inversions Mediated by Tandem Insertions of Transposable Elements We find that transposable elements are the likely mechanism of (some) inversions in cod fishes! academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

When you love science and your science loves you back #ESEB2025 @brandgefahr.bsky.social

On my way to @eseb2025.bsky.social ! 🌞 Please join us for symposium 47 about the interplay of genetic architecture and the evolution of biodiversity in room 117 on Tuesday. I'm very much looking forward to seeing so many cool talks and posters, and catch up with some of you 😊

On my way to #ESEB2025 ! I’ll share some new results showing bi-directional introgression of structural variants, which cause resistance to different insecticides, between native and invasive agricultural pests 🐛 Monday 10:30am, S05 rooms 120-121

🚨 Exciting news from our lab! We’ll be well represented at #ESEB2025, with a fantastic team of #WomenInScience presenting talks and posters. 💡 Proud to showcase their brilliant work and dedication! 📸 Swipe through to meet the faces behind the science. #evolution #genomics #UABResearch

Going to eseb2025.bsky.social? 🇪🇸 Into heterogeneity in parasite transmission? 🦠 Or just feel like playing a board game? 🎲 Then come say hi and check what @kayla-king.bsky.social and I have been cooking! 🧪✨ Poster P01.365 in session 1 (Monday 18, 5pm) See u there ✌️ 🌞 🍻 #EvoSky #ESEB2025

Another paper on polyommatine blue butterflies just published in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social. Blues have high chromosome numbers associated with increased diversification and their karyotypes reveal strategies to maintain genomic integrity amidst profound karyotypic changes doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...

1/ Excited to share our latest opinion piece published today in Trends in Microbiology (@cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social): Hypermutator fungal pathogens: from threat to meltdown Here, we argue that the origin of hypermutation follows defined principles, rather than...

After the last Summer sampling our #ants have been sent to the sequencing facility. Almost ready to upgrade the assembly to chromosome level, finalizing the #referencegenome. Many thanks to @biogeneurope.bsky.social @sib.swiss @ergabiodiv.bsky.social for the support! MORE AT: shorturl.at/xDJEQ

Update on our Erebia reference genomes project!🦋 We now have high quality annotations with PacBio RNA-seq🧬 Many thanks to @bernomics.bsky.social for the sequencing, and @biogeneurope.bsky.social, @sib.swiss, @ergabiodiv.bsky.social for the support! Stay tuned for exciting evo stories coming soon!

Fantastic paper from an amazing team: Genomics of Neotropical biodiversity indicators: Two butterfly radiations with rampant chromosomal rearrangements and hybridization www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Please share widely! We are offering the 4th iteration of our free & online crash course in Evolutionary Biology, catered to students in the Global South! Join us this summer for an incredible line of up classes & tutorials from amazing graduate student researchers, covering a vast array of topics!

SIB Executive Director @dessimoz.bsky.social‬ highlights Switzerland’s opportunity to invest in science where others are retreating, arguing for: 🇨🇭strengthened ERI funding & international collaboration; 🚀 funding for data infrastructure as a driver of innovation. See more👇

(1/4) 📣 Exciting news! 📣 The #10KLepGenomes COST Action has opened the first call for Short Term Scientific Missions #STSMs Keep reading for all the details 👇

New preprint! We generate 40 new high-quality microsporidian genomes from infected arthropod hosts that were sequenced to create reference genomes by the Darwin Tree of Life project. 8 of our genomes are chromosome-level, and we’re able to generate Hi-C data for 7! 🧬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Excited to do a postdoc in beautiful Neuchatel / Switzerland🇨🇭? We have several postdoc positions open at the moment! Check our website for the full ads here: pathogen-genomics.org/jobs Happy to answer any question and please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!

2 days of discussions all about why holocentricity? How holocentricity across the tree of life has evolved? And the implications on species diversification, meiosis, and other adaptations! Thanks @camillecornet.bsky.social @kaybiodiversity.bsky.social for making this happen in our uni!

Such an honour to host the first conference on Holocentric Chromosomes at the University of Neuchâtel! What an amazing group of people, big thank you to everyone who participated! Looking forward to seeing you all again next time! 🦋🌱🪱🕷️🧬

A brilliant time was had at @holocentricity2025.bsky.social in the beautiful Neuchâtel - hopefully the first of many such meetings! Thank you so much to the amazing team of organisers @camillecornet.bsky.social @pescuer.bsky.social @crazychipkali.bsky.social @kaybiodiversity.bsky.social 🌱🕷️🦋🪱

@holocentricity2025.bsky.social We are about to start! #holocentricexcentricsmeeting 🦋🌾

@holocentricity2025.bsky.social Now Laura Avila Robledillo's turn! #holocentricexcentricsmeeting 🦋🌾